SPEA - School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Education
Ph.D., Georgia State University, 2010
M.Sc., University of the West Indies, Mona, 2003
B.Sc., University of the West Indies, Mona, 2001

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2010 - present
• Research Associate, International Studies Program Research Center, Georgia State University, August 2009 – 2010
• Assistant Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Mona, 2003 – 2005

Awards, Honors & Certifications

• Economics Department/Jack Blicksilver Scholarship in Economics, Georgia State University, 2010
• E.D. (Jack) Dunn Fellowship, Georgia State University, 2009
• G. Arthur Brown Scholarship, University of the West Indies, Mona, 2002
• Member of the Faculty of Social Sciences’ honors society for leadership and academics, University of the West Indies, Mona, 2001

Professional Interests
Public Economics, Labor Economics, and Economic Development

Selected Publications
Full Vita (pdf)

• Personal Income Tax Mimicry: Evidence from International Panel Data, (with Ed Gerrish) accepted for publication in International Tax and Public Finance, 2012.
• “Global Reform of Personal Income Taxation, 1981-2005: Evidence from 189 Countries.” (with Klara Sabirianova Peter and Steven Buttrick), National Tax Journal, 2010, 63(3)
• "Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax: Evidence from the Russian Flat Tax Reform," (with Klara Sabirianova Peter), Economics of Transition, 2010, 18(2): 365-404
• "Testing for Competition in the Jamaican Banking Sector: Evidence from Bank Level Data," (With Brian Langrin), Southwestern Journal of Economics, March 2004